Netflix is doubling down on what appears to be a new Christmas Day tradition of top-tier halftime performances, announcing Tuesday that Snoop Dogg will headline the streamer’s NFL Christmas Gameday on Dec. 25. The West Coast rap icon will take the stage during halftime of the Minnesota Vikings–Detroit Lions matchup, live from U.S. Bank Stadium…
Bestselling novel The Housemaid is coming to life on screen — but don’t expect an exact retelling of what happened on the page. The twisty thriller follows Millie (played by Sydney Sweeney), a young woman with a troubled past who is hired as a live-in housemaid for a wealthy couple, Nina (Amanda Seyfried) and Andrew…
Google’s at it again, once more insisting that AI is something people need or want more of in their lives. The latest move comes from YouTube Gaming, which announced an open beta for a project called Playables Builder. This allows select YouTube Creators to use a “prototype web app built using Gemini 3” to make…
Joe Ely, the influential Texas-born singer-songwriter whose blend of honky-tonk, rock and roadhouse blues made him a favorite among other musicians and led to collaborations with Bruce Springsteen and the Clash, has died. He was 78. Ely died Monday at his home in Taos, New Mexico, of complications from Lewy Body dementia, Parkinson’s and pneumonia,…
Dec 16, 2025, 02:50 PM ET NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former Alabama football coach and current ESPN college football analyst Nick Saban has purchased a minority stake in the NHL’s Nashville Predators. Predators chairman and majority owner Bill Haslam announced Tuesday the purchase made by Dream Sports Ventures LLC, an entity controlled by Saban and business…
Netflix has inked a deal with iHeartMedia to begin showing video podcasts, so the content will never, ever run out. The partnership covers new episodes from more than 15 popular podcasts, including The Breakfast Club, Dear Chelsea, My Favorite Murder and others. Customers will have access to video podcast episodes in early 2026. In addition…
Marcel Louis-JacquesDec 16, 2025, 02:28 PM ET Close Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award for…
Back in September during Meta Connect, the company previewed a new ability for its smart glasses lineup called Conversation Focus. The feature, which is able to amplify the voices of people around you, is now starting to roll out in the company’s latest batch of software updates. When enabled, the feature is meant to make…
[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] As Hong Kong advances toward regulated digital money, a new era of digital payments is taking shape. With the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) preparing for licensed, fully asset-backed HKD stablecoins as early as 2026, the city is moving beyond the volatility of…
If you’re shopping for a book lover, it’s hard to beat a Kindle, especially if your giftee already owns a library of Kindle books. Amazon’s latest sale makes them even easier to recommend: the last-gen Kindle Scribe with 32GB of storage and ads is matching its best price to date starting at $279.99 ($140 off)…
